Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2011. Oxfam America and the Center for American Progress today put forward a plan to restore America’s Gulf Coast during a conference featuring NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchecno, White House Senior Policy Advisor Melody Barnes, and Executive Director of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force[Read More…]
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Innovative Energy Technology Transforms Wasted Heat into Electricity
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2011. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing two companies for innovative new products that recycle wasted energy and turn it into usable electricity in homes or small buildings. Micro combined heat and power (CHP) systems are an emerging technology that can help change how we use[Read More…]
FDA Approves 1st Pacemaker Designed to Work Safely During Some MRI Exams
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2011. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first heart pacemaker designed to be used safely during certain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exams. Pacemakers are surgically implanted medical devices that generate electrical impulses to treat irregular or stalled heart beats. MRIs use a powerful[Read More…]
IDPH Recommends Water Well Testing for Private Wells Near Woodstock
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2011. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is advising residents who obtain their drinking water from private wells in the Woodstock area (McHenry County) to test their water for possible groundwater contamination. Routine testing of Woodstock’s community water supply wells by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency[Read More…]
Let’s Move! Marks First Year Anniversary
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2011. On the first anniversary of Let’s Move!, First Lady Michelle Obama is celebrating the impact of parents and leaders across the country on efforts to improve children’s health through nutrition, and physical fitness. Since the launch of the initiative at the White House on February 9,[Read More…]
New Directors Named to National Audubon Society Board
New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2011. Six directors were named to Audubon’s board at the organization’s January meeting. The new “class” includes prominent leaders in science, conservation, finance and education. “This group reflects the dynamism of the changing Audubon Board. They have deep and respected scientific backgrounds; they are market-savvy[Read More…]
NOAA: U.S. Cooler and Much Drier than Normal in January
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2011. Last month was the coolest January since 1994, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) in Asheville, N.C. Across the contiguous United States, the average January temperature was 30.0 F, which is 0.8 F below the 1901-2000 average. And despite several large winter[Read More…]
New Report: Helping America Win the Clean Energy Race
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2011. Yesterday the Center for American Progress released the report “Helping America Win the Clean Energy Race: Innovating to Meet the President’s Goal of 80 Percent Clean Electricity by 2035,” by Richard W. Caperton, Kate Gordon, Bracken Hendricks, and Daniel J. Weiss, introducing five “design principles” that[Read More…]
Department of Energy Supercomputer Helps Design More Efficient Big Rigs
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2011. BMI Corporation, a company in South Carolina, in partnership with the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has successfully developed a technology that will make semi trucks more fuel efficient with the potential to save millions of gallons of fuel. Utilizing the nation’s most[Read More…]
Sierra Club Moves to Intervene in Justice Department Case Against BP
NEW ORLEANS–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2011. Today, the Sierra Club filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. Justice Department’s civil suit against BP, arising from last year’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the largest offshore drilling disaster in American history. The Justice Department suit, filed on December 15, 2010,[Read More…]
